Improvement in baby-tenders



CHARLES N. ZIEGLER, OF GRAFTON, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN BABY-TENDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 122,546, "dated January, 1872.

I, CHARLES N. ZIEGLER, of Grafton, inthe county of Lorain and State ofOhio, have invented certain Improvements in Baby-Tuulers, of which thefollowing is a specification:

The nature of my invention relates to the peculiar construction andarrangement of a baby-tender, in such manner as to be readily adjustedto correspond with the Weight of the child, so that each and everymovement of the child While seated in or on the tender will beabundantly reciprocated by it, and thus keep the child continuallyamused and interested in its new situation; or the person in charge ofthe child may impart a like movement to the tender by means of the handor foot, as hereinafter more fully set forth, in Which- Figure l is aside View. Fig. 2 is a plan view.

F is the seat or crib, of any desired size or style, and is rigidlysecured to and on one end ofthe seat-arm or arms G G, or the crib may besecured on the seat-arm or arms in a like manner, when the seat F may bearranged on or over one end of the crib. Thus the seat or crib may beused separately or together, While the other end of the arms G G arejointed to or between the standard I by any suitable means. One end ofthe standard I is rigidly fastened to or in thc spring bed-piece H,which is provided with cross-pieces or axles K, on which it rests.Centrally and near one end of the spring-bed piece H and standard I isarranged slot C, over a part or all of which rests one end of the springA, which is secured to the spring-bed piece H by a bolt passing throughthe spring A and slot C. The seatarms G G are also so arranged as toform the slot L to correspond in length and direction equal at least toslot C. Thus, by means of the slots C and L and their retaining-bolts,the spring A may be adjusted and secured at any desired point in or onthe slots C and L, by

which, the spring A may be made to have a varied and eiiective bearingon the seat-arms G G to correspond with the Weight ofthe child using thesame. The cross-pieces K K on the under side of the spring-bed piece Hare not only for the purpose of using Wheels, but, in case-they are notused to hold the springbed piece steady and in dependent from the iiooror Whatever the cross-pieces K K may rest upon, by Which there isobtained for the spring A the advantage of all the spring of the bedpiece H, and affords the most convenient means of giving any desiredmovement to the child being tended, and, at the same time, the attendantmay be otherwise engagedseated or standing.

I claim as my inventionl. The arrangement and combination of theadjustable spring A With the seat-arms G G bed piece H, substantially inthe manner shown and set forth.

2. The combination of the strip or spring bed H, spring A, standard I,and arms G, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The employment of the crib F with the seat-arm or arms G G, orequivalent, in such manner as to permit the use of the seat or cribseparately or together', for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES N. ZIEGLER.

LANSING B. SMITH. (62)

